Rubi's Best Friend - a bookwrap

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Rubi's Best Friend

by Sonya Thompson

* Ages:  4-7

* Grade Level:  PS-2

* Paperback:  28 pages

* Publisher:  River of Life Publishing; 1st edition

* Pub. Date:  June 4, 2019

* Language:  English

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Unwrapping the Story

"Side by side or miles apart, dear friends are always close to the heart."  -Unknown

Rubi is seven year's old and her father is an American soldier who gets stationed in Germany.  The whole family uproots and off they go on a new adventure to a totally different country to explore and live temperarily. 

Rubi has doubts about leaving everything she is familiar with behind.  Luckily their German host family takes Rubi and her family under their wings and lovingly teaches them about German culture.  And even better?  This foreign family has a seven year old boy named Peter, exactly the same age as Rubi.  What luck!  Both kids hit it off beautifully and a lifelong friendship evolves between the two.  

 After two years in Germany Rubi's dad gets orders to return back to the United States. The news is bittersweet for the whole family. Once back home Rubi learns that with email, computers and airplanes at her disposal she can always connect with her best friend Peter no matter where they are located in the world.  

 Unfortunately I am not a fan of the illustrations.  I found the first three pages so dark and uninviting to read on.  I honestly thought there was something wrong with my downloading of the book.  Later on they lightened up even though I thought they could have been better executed.  I am not quite sure why the parents are called by their proper names and not mom and dad.  I found that puzzling.  The car that Mr. Johnson and Mr. Kramer pick out seems totally out of proportion to the men's bodies and I wish there had been a picture of the German green-and-red dress that Mrs. Johnson sewed for her two girls for the reader to see.  I like that the author sprinkled authentic German words, with their meanings, throughout the story making it educational and fun.  

Storywraps Rating - 3 HUGS!!!

Meet the author/illustrator

Sonya Thompson is a dedicated educator and humanitarian who has also served in ministry over thirty years. From the tender age of thirteen, Sonya began her work in ministry teaching Sunday school alongside her mother at the Religious Education Center at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. She continued teaching Sunday school, vacation Bible school, and children’s church at various locations when she became an adult.

Career wise, she graduated from the University of Georgia and has been an Early Intervention Specialist (EIS) with the Georgia Parent Infant Network of Educational Services (GA PINES) for 30 years. As an EIS, she provides early intervention services for parents who have infants with vision and hearing impairments. She also teaches students with special needs in the DeKalb County School System. Sonya was commissioned into the United States Army Reserves and proudly served her country as a medical service officer with the 382nd Field Hospital in Augusta, Georgia, for six years.

Sonya can now add author to her list of accomplishments after publishing her first book, Chicago: A Journey Through Life, an inspirational collection of short stories based on personal experiences. She hopes that her book will not only provide heartwarming stories for her readers to enjoy, but that it will also serve as spiritual inspiration as readers see how God works in her life in every page.

Sonya Thompson can be contacted through her e-mail, author@sonyareflects.com.

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